Dodger Stadium Topic

I haven't played in Dodger Stadium much, and haven't had much success when I have used it.  But I'm going to be stuck with it in an upcoming league (120 mil cap, but will play more like 110 I suspect.)

What're the best strategies for the park?  In particular, I'm wondering if people have any opinion about how the -1/-1 for HR plays out.  Is this closer to a -2, or with the +2 for hits do their end up being a decent amount of HR in Chavez Ravine?

If HR really are suppressed, I guess it's best to go with high avg players, preferably with speed?

To take a concrete example, I've got the rights to Darrell Evans and George Kell; can use any of their seasons.
How much production, and production/$$$ could I suspect from the 2.

Evans' 73 season normalized looks like      285/407/560, with      15 1b#     4 2b#     1 3b#     6 hr#     17 k#     16 bb#. Fielding is 953/3.27

Kell's 46 season normalized:                         326/372/441 with          24 1b#    4 2b#     1 3b#     0 hr#     4 k#     6 bb#. Fielding is 983/3.07

Granted that Evans will ultimately put up more production, I'm wondering if it's enough to justify the price difference - 7.6 mil for Evans, 5.2 for Kell (call it 6 with the backup I'd need to mae up the for differerence in PA).  Are Kell's singles and fielding a sufficiently better fit for Dodger Stadium that it'd be best to go with him and spend the 1.6 mil I save somewhere else?
          

3/24/2011 11:57 AM
In my experience, HRs are suppressed pretty well. I'd probably take Kell and look to add offense somewhere else.
3/24/2011 12:15 PM
... thanks.  That's my inclination too, but mostly just b/c that's the kind of player I like better. So it's good to be able to view it as the right decision as well as the more fun one.
3/24/2011 12:21 PM
Definately Kell.  High average holds up better than high obp in the sim.  3% greater FP is better than .20 extra range factor. 
3/24/2011 9:57 PM
Kell.  And FWIW, I played in an OL a year or two ago with a guy who yapped all season about what a hitting machine Ralph Garr was in Dodger Stadium. 
3/25/2011 4:14 AM
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